- In Anglo-Saxon England, a
reeve (Old English:
gerefa) was an
administrative official serving the king or a
lesser lord in a
variety of roles.
After the...
- 'kings', 'earls' (Latin duces) and 'high-reeves' (from Old
English heah-
gerefa). Most of
these were
descended from
Eadwulf I of Bamburgh,
thereafter called...
- and
private obligations.
According to philologists, the Anglo-Saxon word "
gerefa",
denoting "illustrious chief", however, is not
connected to the German...
- 2nd ed. 1991:11f,
notes that
praefectus is the most
usual translation of
gerefa, "reeve" by Anglo-Saxons
writing in Latin. Toby F. Martin, The Cruciform...
- the
Grimms preferred a
solution that
allows a
connection to Old English:
gerēfa 'reeve', in
which the ge- is a prefix, and
which the
Grimms derive from...
- is an
official known as a
summus praepositus.
Alfred Smyth thought heah-
gerefa was
influenced by the
Scottish word mormaer, the
meaning of which, supposedly...
- man
habbe gemot on æl**** wæpentace; & gan ut þa
yldestan XII þegnas & se
gerefa mid, &
swerian on þam haligdome, þe heom man on hand sylle, þæt hig nellan...
- arra****
below the king
included the
ranks of ealdormann, þeġn, hēahġerēfa and
ġerēfa.
Offices at the
court included that of the þyle and the sċop. The title...
- with
specific cases and
places in the country. An
interesting example is
Gerefa,
which outlines the
duties of a
reeve on a
large manor estate.
There is...
-
Norse greifi)
counterpart to the Old
English Reeve (from the Old
English ġerēfa).
Bearers of the
surname Graves most
commonly belong to
haplogroups R1b-U106...
